Title: Changing Header Height
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Changing Header Height

 *  [pgriffgmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pgriffgmedia/)
 * (@pgriffgmedia)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-header-height/)
 * Hi, I cant find the element in the style sheet to reduce the header height on
   the theme. its way too high so just need to be pointed in the right direction.
   its currently approx 186 px high.
 * any help would be greatly appreciated
 * thanks

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 *  [BizzyWizz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bizzywizz/)
 * (@bizzywizz)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-header-height/#post-4680264)
 * Hi,
    Try APPEARANCE > CUSTOMIZE > GENERAL and then adjust the PADDING.
 * That’s what worked for me, hope it works for you. – Deni

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